I think of myself as being blessed and fortunate in my life. I had the opportunity to experience life both as an impoverished and successful person and have the privilege of influencing and helping people change their life. As the Chinese proverb says if you want to plan for one year plant rice, if you want to plan for ten years plant trees if you want to plan for a century educate people.
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Conversation with Dean Duperron President and CEO of the Duperron Group of Companies

Le YMCA World Challenge célébré au Togo dans l’allégresse.
Par Manu K.Y : L’Union Chrétienne des Jeunes Gens (UCJG/YMCA-Togo) a célébré le YMCA WORLD CHALLENGE le 13 Octobre dernier à son siège à Akodessewa- Lomé. L’objectif de la célébration de cette journée sur le plan mondial est de raconter l’histoire des YMCA en mobilisant cinq millions de personnes le même jour. Ce fut une
YMCA Recognizes Local Peacemakers through 2010 Power of Peace Awards
The YMCA of Greater Vancouver hosted the thirteenth annual YMCA Power of Peace Awards at the Robert Lee YMCA. The unique, youth-focused event celebrated peacemakers in our community.
Inspirations of Peace Recognized with YMCA Awards
In a brief, pre-presentation interview, Afshin-Jam said she was directing her speech at kids and youth. Her engaging speech gave step-by-step actions ordinary people can take to make change happen, in any cause or issue they believed in strongly. The event’s call to action captured as, “Think it.